FTC Bans NGL Labs From Offering Anonymous Messaging App to Minors

Published on July 10, 2024

California-based NGL Labs has been banned from offering its anonymous messaging app to individuals under the age of 18 due to numerous alleged violations including for allegedly subjecting minors to a considerable risk of bullying. It is the first time federal regulators have banned a digital platform from hosting minors. The company will pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, the agency announced on July 9. In the complaint unveiled on Tuesday, the FTC and the district attorney’s office alleged that NGL and its co-founders, Raj Vir and Joao Figueiredo, actively marketed their service to children and teens, and falsely claimed that an artificial intelligence (AI) content moderation program filtered out cyberbullying and other harmful messages....

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